That being said, I also recommend tracking and paying attention to protein intake.

BUT, there are a thousand different ways to reach your goals, so finding the most sustainable way is what’s important.

Which is why our Academy utilizes multiple different Nutrition Classes (Greek Gods, Vikings, Spartans, Hunter Gatherers, Monks, Samurais, Minimalists, Superhumans) to allow people to choose what is right for YOU!

Oh, and if you’re down with calorie counting instead, that’s always an option as well. It’s just important to be aware of specific rules and precision while counting.

THE BANE PORTION:

As I said before, “Bane may get something specifically different.”.

Well, that’s not completely true, but I also want to mention something that is really important for those of you who are looking to put on Bane-like mass.

In order to gain weight you’re going to need to eat over your caloric maintenance level.

You need to eat MORE!

It’s important to also get enough protein daily (which we’ve mentioned), so counting macronutrients also really helps (which you can learn more about in the Nutrition Pillars).

Bane Workout Routine Research

And, if you don’t know by now, I say that every single time we get to the workout routine research section for character workouts.

This is where I get to break down the “how” and “why” of the workout we’re going to build based on the characters, in this case Bane’s, powers and/or abilities.

We’re going to start off with Bane’s Wikipedia page for more information.

They tell us this about Bane’s enhanced powers:

Bane is tortured by a monstrous, terrifying bat creature that appears in his dreams, thus giving him an intense fear of bats. He ultimately established himself as the “king” of Peña Duro prison and became known as Bane. The prison’s controllers took note and eventually forced him to become a test subject for a mysterious drug known as Venom, which had killed all other subjects. The Peña Duro prison Venom experiment nearly killed Bane at first, but he survived and found that the drug vastly increases his physical strength, although he needs to take it every 12 hours (via a system of tubes pumped directly into his brain) or he will suffer debilitating side-effects.

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that Bane, played by Tom Hardy, utilized Venom to become HUGE, and now Tom Hardy is also playing Venom…?

And, no, I am not going to give you any Venom, or any way of getting it throughout the course of this article.

This is training under the assumption that these characters did not have their enhancements and needed to achieve them with the routine that we’re building.

His Wiki page also tells us his list of abilities as follows:

Genius-level tactician

Master hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist

Superhuman strength and physical attributes via the Venom drug

You know, with the exception of superhuman strength and physical attributes because of the Venom drug, he seems very similar to Batman…

For this one we’re going to need to train under the assumption that we want to end up like Bane WITH his Venom drug enhancements.

Sound fair?

Good. Let’s do it.

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The Bane Workout Routine

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Training Volume:

4+ days per week

Explanation:

This one is going to be like the female character workout this week we saw from She-Hulk. I’m going to program you a powerlifting-like 4 day split and then I’m going to also share a full body day that you can add in, as well as an MMA day.

Pyramid Training:

You should be pyramid training for almost all the routines we utilize (not necessary, but I recommend and utilize it myself). Here’s an article on what it is, but do your best to increase the load after each set.